TAHUA II
 

52   In the G text Ga7-1 is located as the first glyph beyond what I have suggested could be the end of the 29th period of out of 31 such periods.

29 364-376 Winter solstice
Ga6-27 Ga6-28 Ga6-29 366

29 * 13 = 377.

... The ordinary year in the previous Roman calendar consisted of 12 months, for a total of 355 days. In addition, a 27-day intercalary month, the Mensis Intercalaris, was sometimes inserted between February and March. This intercalary month was formed by inserting 22 days after the first 23 or 24 days of February; the last five days of February, which counted down toward the start of March, became the last five days of Intercalaris. The net effect was to add 22 or 23 days to the year, forming an intercalary year of 377 or 378 days ...

30
Ga7-1 Ga7-2 Ga7-3 Ga7-4
31
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 Ga7-9 Ga7-10

31 * 13 (a palindrome) = 393 = 392 (number of glyphs on side a of the C tablet). Presumably this means we here should count also the empty glyph space preceding Ca1-1.

... Time flows and not until its first measure has been completed in full can there be 1 notched into the wood ...

NO GLYPH

*3

Ca1-1

Ca1-4

koia te rima te hau tea
Alchita (α Corvi) Pálida (δ Crucis) Acrux (*187.5)
'Aug 24 (236 = 8 ' 29½) 'Aug 25 (237 = 81 + 183 - 27) 'Aug 28 (267 - 27 = 8 * 30)

SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse)

0h (*365.25)

ALGENIB (Wing of Pegasus)

NO STAR (*4)

March 22 (*1 = *184 - *183)

March 25 (84 = 267 - 183)

We can then once again look at the beginning of line Ca14 and perceive that the central (important) Ca14-3 has been placed at the Tail of the Horse (the Full Moon) and the Navel of the Horse (the Sun) because here March 20 should clearly have ended:

 ... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...

Ca14-1 Ca14-2 Ca14-3 (366) Ca14-4 Ca14-5
Kua tupu te ata i te henua
March 19 (78) 20 21 22 23
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9)

*322.0 = *363.4 - *41.4

θ Oct. (364.4)

*323.0 = *364.4 - *41.4

Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)

0h (365.25)

CAPH (Hand) = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)

Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the Blessed Feet) / Wall-14 (Porcupine)

ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8)
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
NAKSHATRA VIEW:
Sept 18 (261) 19 20 (80 + 183) 21 22 (Equinox)
10 July (261 - 70 = 191) 11 (182 + 10) 12 July (188 + 5) 13 (= 7 July  + 6) 14 (195, *115)
π Virginis (181.0), θ Crucis (181.5)

12h (182.6)

ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)

ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)

Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)

*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4

And then we ought to observe how the sketchy outlines of these glyphs are there already at the last glyph in line Ca13 which obviously was designed to be completed at Polaris (at the last place in line Ca14):

*14

tagata puo pouo vero hia -
Ca13-18 (361) Ca13-19319 + 1000 Ca13-20

Sept 15

Sept 16 (75 + 184) Sept 17 (260)
93 LEONIS (*178.0)

PHEKDA - Thigh (*179)

DENEB CYGNI

-

March 15 (Ídus Martiae)

March 16 (75, *360) March 17 (Liberalia)
4 Jan 5 Jan (370, *290) 76 - 70 = 6 Jan
78 Pegasi (*359.5) 

*365.5 (Sirrah) - *359.5 = *6.0

σ Phoenicis (*360.4)

*360.4 - *41.4 = *319.0

γ¹ Octantis (*361.4)

*361.4 - *41.4 = *320.0

 

 
te ahine poopouo no ona ahine poopouo

mai tae atu ki te tagata puo pouo - koia kua mau i te maro

mea ke
Aa4-19 (95) Aa4-20 (96)

Bb4-20 (141)

*14

*5

Ca14-14

Ca14-15 (378)

Ca14-29 (392)

Cb1-1 (393)

Cb1-6 (398)
kua pua Oct 2 (275, *195) Oct 16 (80 + 209) Oct 17 (290) Oct 22 (295)
Legs-15 (Wolf) April 2 (92) April 16 (80 + 26) April 17 (107) 22 (112 = 295 - 183)
21 Jan

22 = 92 - 70

5 Febr (36) 6 Febr (31 + 6 = 37) 11 Febr (42 = 112 - 70)
η ANDROMEDAE

*335.0 = *11.4 - *41.4

CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (*12.4) POLARIS (*26) SHERATAN ARCTURUS (*215)

And from Ca13-20 to Ca14-29 (Polaris) there were 29 days.

At the preceding Ca13-19 Metoro informed Bishop Jaussen on Tahiti that he should count (hia).

... When the old woman (somewhere in the Mediterranean area) was asked what 29 meant she chuckled and formed a round opening between her left forefinger and thumb through which she then repeatedly pushed her right forefinger ...

 

next page previous page return

home